MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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